Sedalia, Mo.-based Bothwell Regional Health Center has purchased a medical office building that formerly housed the Women’s Health and Surgical Center, according to a July 15 report from KSIS Radio.
A Washington, D.C., physician is suing David Stockman, MD, and Saginaw Township-based Michigan Health Clinic, alleging failure to pay $142,000 in wages, M Live reported July 12.
Medicaid patient counts for self-employed and employed physicians were substantially lower than Medicare, according to Medscape’s 2024 “Doctors Evaluate Medicare and Medicaid Report 2024,” published July 12.
Radiology, anesthesiology and pathology saw the highest pay jump between 2023 and 2024, according to the American Medical Group Association’s 2024 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey.
Surgical specialties have seen a 5.5% increase in pay in the last year, according to the American Medical Group Association’s 2024 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey.
After UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum, reached 90,000 affiliated physicians at the end of 2023, it became the largest employer of physicians in the U.S. — sparking industrywide discussions of the risks of consolidation and monopolies. While…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence has alerted 2,200 patients of possible exposure to hepatitis B and C and HIV after the health system’s infection control practices may not have been followed by an anesthesiologist.